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Benazir says PPP did not help form Taliban
QUETTA, Dec 16: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Sunday rejected allegations that her party had helped form Taliban movement in the 90s.... 
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No unopposed election in Sindh
KARACHI, Dec 16: The process of general elections, scheduled for Jan 8, entered its final phase on Sunday as the Election Commi-ssion released the final list of candidates and their symbols....
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ECP receives 503 complaints : Poll code violations
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has claimed that so far it has received 503 pre-poll complaints regarding violation of election code from candidates and political parties....
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142 candidates in the run for 14 NA seats in Balochistan
QUETTA, Dec 16: A total of 142 candidates have been left in the field for 14 general seats of the National Assembly in Balochistan after 138 candidates withdrew their nomination papers....
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60 in the run for 4 NA, 7 PA seats in Attock, Taxila
ATTOCK, Dec 16: After the withdrawal of nominations, 60 candidates are in the run for three National Assembly and seven provincial assembly seats in Attock and Taxila....
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33 to contest for two capital seats
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Following the withdrawal of nomination papers by 20 aspirants, a total of 33 candidates are in the run for two National Assembly seats in the federal capital....
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Naheed withdraws papers
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Naheed Khan, political secretary to Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, has withdrawn her nomination papers for election to a seat reserved for women in the National Assembly from Punjab....
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Eight polling stations in Taxila declared ‘sensitive’
TAXILA, Dec 16: The local administration has declared eight polling stations in Taxila tehsil as sensitive, prompting the authorities to devise an elaborate security plan for smooth polling on January 8....
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Lawyers criticise amendments, vow to continue struggle
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: The Lawyers Action Committee (NWFP) on Sunday denounced the amendments made to the Constitution and said that no individual, including President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, had the right to ‘distort’ it....
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Anwar Saifullah wins support of PML-N : PA seat from Lakki Marwat
LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 16: The candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) for PF-74, Lakki Marwat-I, Amin Jan Khan has pulled out of the contest in favour of an independent candidate...
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Haripur: 23 in race for one NA and four PA seats
HARIPUR, Dec 16: After completion of scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination papers, 23 candidates, among them a woman, are left in the race for one seat of the National Assembly and four of the NWFP Assembly in Haripur district....
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Scene is set for poll bouts in Layyah : TMAs support Q candidates
LAYYAH, Dec 16: The electioneering has geared up in the Layyah district after the award of party tickets to candidates of three major political parties — PPP, PML-N and PML-Q....
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More shocks for PML-Q
GUJRANWALA, Dec 16: Already facing defections, PML-Q woes keep multiplying in the district....
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Subhani retires in Amir’s favour
SIALKOT, Dec 16: Ch Khush Akhtar Subhani, a former provincial minister and a scion of Variyo family, on Saturday withdrew his nomination papers from NA-111 and retired in favour of PML-Q’s...
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Nawaz addresses public meetings
SAHIWAL, Dec 16: President Pervez Musharraf and PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have plundered the national wealth with both hands....
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Independent judiciary a must for justice: JI
LAHORE, Dec 16: The Jamaat-i-Islami has also supported the reinstatement of judges like other sections of society because justice is impossible without an independent and honest judiciary....
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Atta crisis ‘Q’ League’s grindstone in Jhelum
JHELUM, Dec 16: The back breaking hike in atta prices is going to overshadow claims of development work by the king’s party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), when it faces its...
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Attempt to blow up college
BUNER, Dec 16: Police and Bomb Disposal Squad personnel foiled an attempt to blow up a private girls’ college here in Swari on Sunday. They defused the high intensity improvised explosive device (IED) aimed at destroying the Educator College....
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Swabi: Tough contest in the offing
SWABI, Dec 16: Arch-rivals will be contesting the Jan 8 elections for the district’s two national and six provincial assembly seats....
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Blindness rate drops, seminar told
PESHAWAR, Dec 16: The incidence of blindness in the country has deducted from 2.5 per cent a few years back to 0.9 per cent, a seminar was informed here on Saturday....
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Explosion damages CD shops
MARDAN, Dec 16: A number of CD shops were damaged in an explosion at the Karim Manzil on the Gaju Khan road on Sunday....
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The cost for a marriage invitation
FAISALABAD, Dec 16: Inviting Gen Pervez Musharraf (retired) to the wedding ceremony of his son three years back has cost Raja Nadir Pervez Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket for NA-85, sources privy to party affairs told Dawn on Sunday....
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Energy monitoring proposed
LAHORE, Dec 16: The Engineers Study Forum has urged President Pervez Musharraf to constitute an energy monitoring commission, comprising independent experts and public representatives, to take stock of the current crisis and propose short and long term measures to resolve it....
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Lahore braves the chilliest day
LAHORE, Dec 16: A cold wave gripping the country at present, dropped the minimum temperature in many a city including Lahore on Sunday, making it the coldest day of the winter....
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Punjab to count its trees thru’ satellite
LAHORE, Dec 16: For the first time every tree will be counted in Punjab through satellite to stop deforestation....
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Complaints against nazims found ‘baseless’ : Pre-poll rigging
LAHORE, Dec 16: Punjab government finds a majority of the complaints accusing nazims and district administrations of influencing the election ‘baseless and without any evidence’....
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Flour scarce at Sunday bazaars
LAHORE, Dec 16: The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) could not ensure hassle-free availability of flour even at Sunday bazaars, one day after it claimed to have sealed the provincial metropolis...
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PMA protests doctor’s victimisation
LAHORE, Dec 16: The Pakistan Medical Association has protested the victimisation of a doctor at the hands of Social Security Hospital’s commissioner....
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Robbers loot realtor
LAHORE, dec 16: Two robbers looted a real estate office in Liaqatabad police jurisdiction on Sunday....
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